Allies._
I.
The French Garrison of Fort St. Elmo shall surrender themselves
prisoners of war to his Neapolitan Majesty and his allies; and
shall not serve against any of the powers actually at war with the
French republic, until regularly exchanged.
II.
The English grenadiers shall take possession of the gate of the
fort in the course of the day.
III.
The French garrison shall march out of the fort to-morrow, with
their arms, and drums beating. The troops shall lay down their arms
on the outside of the gate of the fort; and a detachment of
English, Russian, Portuguese, and Neapolitan, troops, shall take
possession of the castle.
IV.
The officers shall keep their arms.
V.
The garrison shall be embarked on board the English squadron, until
the necessary shipping are provided to convey them to France.
VI.
When the English grenadiers take possession of the gate, all the
subjects of his Sicilian Majesty shall be delivered up to the
allies.
VII.
A guard of French soldiers shall be placed round the French
colours, to prevent their being destroyed: that guard shall remain
until all the garrison be marched out, and it is relieved by an
English officer and guard; to whom orders shall be given to strike
the French flag and hoist that of his Sicilian Majesty.
VIII.
All private property shall be reserved for those to whom the same
appertains; and all public property shall be given up with the
fort, as well as the effects pillaged.
IX.
The sick, not in a state to be removed, shall remain at Naples,
with French surgeons, and shall be taken care of at the expence of
the republic. They shall be sent back to France as soon as possible
after their recovery.
Done at Fort St. Elmo, the 22d Messidor, in the seventh year of the
French republic, or 12th July 1799.
Signed,
Il Duca di Salandra, Captain-General of the Forces of his
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